We feel like we understand what it means to understand things but how can we be so sure? Isn't it nice when somebody can explain something clearly though.

---- This week's links ----

[1] Building an 8-Bit Computer - Ben Eater - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowKtXNTBypGqImE405J2565dvjafglHU

[2] Koodoo (Michael's day job) - https://koodoo.global

[3] A Thousand Plateaus - a book Michael would not recommend by Deleuze and Guattari - https://amzn.to/2rsrkuw

[4] Looking For Glove - Sharon's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/looking.for.glove/

[5] You Suck at Photoshop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_X5uR7VC4M&list=PLD19BCF9D57320E03

[6] You Suck at Producing - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzfWWpa5SR8Gi_Q_3AbZ9V20Vpigpvqv1

[7] Consciousness Explained - Daniel C. Dennett https://amzn.to/2KJUzSo

[8] Chris Anderson on Web Video - https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation

[9] Open Democracy - https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk

[10] Michael's crazy shoebox virtual band and live techno - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCENs0x_gOU

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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This was an impassioned episode full of excitable ranting as we get to the heart of what democracy is supposed to be with all its strengths and weaknesses and undeniable importance. We seem to start out talking about ourselves in the third person for some reason.

---- This week's links ----

[1] Martin Luther King http://wlrn.org/post/mlk-bootless-man-cannot-lift-himself-his-bootstraps

[2] Parks and Recreation - https://www.netflix.com/title/70143842

[3] The West Wing - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276/

[4] Politics Unboringed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMXJOKhf_AA&list=PLfxy4_sBQdxzZNqvVQXcBPvsl1Zgzy2-q

[5] Simple Politics - http://www.simplepolitics.co.uk/

[6] "Finland's Universal Basic Income Experiment Falls Flat" - https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/finlands-universal-basic-income-experiment-falls-flat/

[7] "What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3pGKt7fE-M

[8] "We Become What We Behold by Nicky Case" - https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb

[9] Papers Please - http://papersplea.se

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What is kindness and does it always take work? Who deserves our kindness and who doesn't? We try to figure out what's important. Then we made a first attempt to formulate a grand plan.

---- This week's links ----

[1] Malcolm Gladwell's "Revisionist History" Podcast - http://revisionisthistory.com/about

[2] Ecomodo - https://ecomodo.wordpress.com/

[3] David Heinemeier Hansson - Living with Legacy Code - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJkiCpPeYuI

[4] Coming To America - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/

[5] Gbenga The Author (Michael's colleague's spoken word project) - http://www.gbengatheauthor.com/

[6] Love and Drugs on the Street - Girls Sleeping Rough - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05l5jyk

[7] Kit Collingwood - "Why Civil Servants Should Become Experts in Empathy" - https://medium.com/@kcollingwood/why-civil-servants-should-become-experts-in-empathy-59c30507b3f6

[8] Pay It Forward Foundation - https://www.payitforwardfoundation.org/

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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What is trust? Where does it come from? Why do we need it? What's it for? Will the human race stave off the heat death of the universe? Find out in our podcast? Honest...

---- This week's links ----

[1] The Fifth Theory - Michael’s unfinished graphic novel - http://michaelforrest.github.io/2013/09/18/the-fifth-theory.html

[2] Money as belief - https://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_what_explains_the_rise_of_humans

[3] Minutephysics - “What is the purpose of life?” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTnqKuNygE

[4] British Podcast Awards - search “Ivanka” and vote now! - http://britishpodcastawards.com/vote

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We talk about the news, science, faith, religion, facts and comfortable fictions. We talk about the nature of our access to truth and the power of being a flexible in our beliefs. Also Michael's not good with criticism.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Crisis Actors Conspiracy Theory - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pammy8/what-is-a-crisis-actor-conspiracy-theory-explanation-parkland-shooting-sandy-hook

[2] Edward de Bono - Hats - http://www.debonogroup.com/six_thinking_hats.php

[3] Infinite Monkey Cage - Simulation - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08zb4d8

---- Credits ----

Graphic is from "Brain World" by Taylor James - https://www.taylorjames.com/work/brain-world

Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/

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We decided to broach morality. We talk about ethics, relative versus absolute morality, the genetic basis of morality and the arbiters of such things. Also Michael has a sore chest and it hurts to sneeze.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Anatomy of Story - https://amzn.to/2Is8sCR

[2] Order of the Engineer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Engineer

[3] Doteveryone - https://doteveryone.org.uk/

[4] Sinner Winner guy and others - https://londonist.com/2016/10/london-eccentrics

[5] Dark Patterns: Nerdwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M

[6] Dark Patterns Website - http://darkpatterns.org/

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica exposé we talk about how we feel about Alexander Nix and his ilk. Michael talks about his interactions with Dominic Cummings, the director the Leave Campaign. We discuss the morality of grand-scale social manipulation and the pitfalls of protecting private data in practice.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Vice's January 2017 piece on Cambridge Analytica - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win

[2] Cambridge Analytica in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/26/the-cambridge-analytica-files-the-story-so-far

[3] Mark Zuckerberg's post: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104712037900071

[4] Casserole Club Brighton - https://www.casseroleclub.com/

[5] The Body Keeps Score - https://amzn.to/2pHYAxS

[6] Conservatives big on fear, brain study finds: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/201104/conservatives-big-fear-brain-study-finds

[7] Jessica Jones - https://www.netflix.com/title/80002311

[8] Angel - https://amzn.to/2pJwVwx

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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"Schools should be cathedrals and everyone should have the best teacher in the world"

We talk about our respective scientifically-biased educations, the conundrum of where to send one's child to school in this day and age and the disarray of everything. We also share some visions of the ultimate educational system.

---- This week's links (unordered) ----

[1] Ken Robinson on Education - https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity

[2] Save Our Schools - http://saveourschools.uk/

[3] Carl Jarvis at Meaning Conference Brighton 2017: http://brighton.meaningconference.co.uk/videos/carl-jarvis.php

[4] Fully Automated Luxury Communism - https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/18/fully-automated-luxury-communism-robots-employment

[5] Some Twat in a Meeting - http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/everyone-stuck-in-meeting-because-some-twat-asked-a-question-20180313145848

[6] Compulsory Music - https://ideapod.com/derelict-school-becomes-national-leader-making-making-surprising-subject-compulsory/

[7] TensorFlow Tutorials - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er8RQZoX3yk&list=PL9Hr9sNUjfsmEu1ZniY0XpHSzl5uihcXZ

[8] Ostagram - Style Transfer - http://ostagram.ru

[9] Steiner Schools - https://www.steinerwaldorf.org/steiner-education/what-is-steiner-education/

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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Getting into it proper

This week in Michael & Ivanka's Condensate Pipe Podcast we have a more involved conversation about feminism. It was still cold when we recorded this. And it was the day after Michael's kidney stone.

---- This week's links (unordered)

[1] Gapminder: https://www.gapminder.org/world/

[2] Guilty Feminist: http://guiltyfeminist.com/

[3] Michael Moore's (actually pretty old) tweet: https://twitter.com/mmflint/status/792436882378465280?lang=en

[4] Obama / John Lewis interview: https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=80209096&jbp=8&jbr=1

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Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest

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A.K.A. "Michael Goes to A&E"

This week we tackle the contentious subject of feminism. But first, Ivanka describes putting on a birthday party for a load of three year olds and Michael, in great detail, describes his experience with the NHS, the Accident & Emergency ward, doctors, nurses and morphine.

---- This week's links (unordered)

[1] https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs

[2] https://twitter.com/NHSMillion

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